Bengal Gorkhas seek help for Gorkhaland from Gorkhas living across India

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"Many Gorkha families speak fluent Punjabi, Himachali as fluently as
Gorkhali language," he said.
"We are Indian Gorkhas not the Nepalese," he explained.He further said
that a tribal status to Gorkhas would help them maintain their identity
and would also provide certain benefits given under the category.Giving
example as to how Gorkhas have well amalgamated with the cultures
wherever they have been living in India, he said, in Himachal Pradesh,
Gorkhas had adopted tradition of Dham (lunch served in traditional
marriages of Himachal Pradesh).
AMRITSAR: Gorkha community of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and other
hilly districts of West Bengal have sought support from Gorkhas living
in Himachal Pradesh and other parts of North India not only to intensify
the Gorkhaland movement but also to spread it in rest the country.While
talking to TOI in Himachal Pradesh's Bakloh in Chamba district on
Sunday, Gorkha Sabha president Vijay Gurung , said, "They have sought
our support for a separate state for Gorkhas to protect Gorkha identity"
adding that Gorkhas were demanding separate state within the framwork
of Indian constitution.Bakloh, home town of 4 Gorkha Rifles, is a tiny
hilly village bordering Punjab 's Pathankot district with settlement of
four to five thousand Gorkhs.Gurung was on way to Bakloh after attending
two day 70th Annual General Meeting of All India Gorkha Ex-servicemen's
Welfare Association held in Dehradun.He said that delegates in the
meeting were unanimous in their view that despite having born and lived
here all through their lives in India, they were generally dubbed as
Nepalese which was incorrect and hurt their feelings.

AMRITSAR: Gorkha
community of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and other hilly districts
of West Bengal have sought support from Gorkhas living in Himachal
Pradesh and other parts of North India not only to intensify the
Gorkhaland movement but also to spread it in rest the country.While
talking to TOI in Himachal Pradesh's Bakloh in Chamba district on
Sunday, Gorkha Sabha president Vijay Gurung , said, "They have sought
our support for a separate state for Gorkhas to protect Gorkha identity"
adding that Gorkhas were demanding separate state within the framwork
of Indian constitution.Bakloh, home town of 4 Gorkha Rifles, is a tiny
hilly village bordering Punjab 's Pathankot district with settlement of
four to five thousand Gorkhs.Gurung was on way to Bakloh after attending
two day 70th Annual General Meeting of All India Gorkha Ex-servicemen's
Welfare Association held in Dehradun.He said that delegates in the
meeting were unanimous in their view that despite having born and lived
here all through their lives in India, they were generally dubbed as
Nepalese which was incorrect and hurt their feelings. "We are Indian
Gorkhas not the Nepalese," he explained.He further said that a tribal
status to Gorkhas would help them maintain their identity and would also
provide certain benefits given under the category.Giving example as to
how Gorkhas have well amalgamated with the cultures wherever they have
been living in India, he said, in Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas had adopted
tradition of Dham (lunch served in traditional marriages of Himachal
Pradesh). "Many Gorkha families speak fluent Punjabi, Himachali as
fluently as Gorkhali language," he said. , As Reported By TOI.

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Bengal Gorkhas seek help for Gorkhaland from Gorkhas living across India - Many Gorkha families speak fluent Punjabi, Himachali as fluently as Gorkhali language," he said. "We are Indian Gorkhas not the Nepalese," he explained.He further said that a tribal status to Gorkhas would help them maintain their identity